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Father says body of slain hostage Yonatan Samerano recovered from Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Yonatan Samerano (Courtesy)
The body of slain hostage Yonatan Samerano was recovered from the Gaza Strip, his father Kobi announces.
“Yesterday was Yonti’s Hebrew birthday. On his 23rd birthday, on the very day he was born, our Yonti was rescued in a heroic operation by the brave soldiers of the IDF and the Shin Bet,” Kobi Samerano says on Instagram.
The IDF has not yet commented on the operation.
Samerano, 21, fled from the Nova music festival when Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7, 2023, to Kibbutz Be’eri with two friends, where they were murdered, and his body was abducted.
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